八年級英語上冊 Unit 5 Whats the highest mountain in the world？SectionB 1a-2e精品課件

1、Unit 5Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section B1a-2eNew wordsweigh v.稱重adult n. 成人 adj. 成年的bamboo n. 竹子endangered adj.瀕危的research n.&v.調(diào)查；研究keeper n.飼養(yǎng)員awake adj.醒著excitement n.激動illness n.疾病artwork n.插圖wild adj.野生的government n.政府Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the

2、 box to help you make sentences.1aElephant is 350 cm tall weighs 5,000 kilos eats 150 kilos of food a dayDiscussionPanda is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs) weighs 100 kilos eats 10 kilos of food a dayExample sentences:This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.(200 cm taller/shorter, we

3、igh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more)大熊貓最奇特的一點是新生兒在出生時相當(dāng)?shù)牟怀墒?，體重僅是它母親體重的0.1%，平均為145克左右，約為成年的千分之一。照顧孩子是一項非常艱巨的任務(wù)，通常歷時18個月，有時長達兩年，直到她的下一個孩子出生。 大象是現(xiàn)存世界最大的陸棲動物，主要外部特征為柔韌而肌肉發(fā)達的長鼻和扇大的耳朵，具纏卷的功能，是象自衛(wèi)和取食的有力工具。象肩高約2米，體重37噸。非洲象耳大，體型較大，體重較重。亞洲象耳小，身體較小，體重較輕。 Listen and check() the numbers y

4、ou hear.Listening100 16 20 50120 0.1 0.2 150 1bListen again and complete thesentences.1. At birth, a baby panda is about _ to _ kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda is about _ cm long. 3. A baby panda is not black. It is _ and it has no _.4. A panda can live up to _ to _ years.0.10.215pinkteeth20301cTak

5、e turns telling your classmates about pandas.PracticeA: A baby panda cannot see.B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.1dHere are some facts about koala, use the information above to make sentences.DiscussionKoala is 75 cm tall weighs 10 kilos eats leaves sleeps 20 hours a dayTal

6、k about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you.Reading2abig, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white, Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect閱讀策略：ScanningThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information. 略讀時，只需讀每一段第一句話（較長的段落，讀前兩句）。第一句話常是整段

7、討論的主題。在結(jié)論段，重點可能在最后一句。閱讀時，把文本標出來，是幫助回答問題好方法。可將關(guān)鍵詞畫線或在段落旁寫下本段主題，一兩個字就夠了，關(guān)鍵在于涵蓋全文的速度。 略讀時遇到不懂單詞，試觀察前后字來猜出意思。比如，在不懂的單字前面是形容詞，那么這個字可能會是名詞；在不懂的單字之前是副詞，那么這個字可能會是動詞。只要了解段落大意就好了。Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean.10, 12, 200, 20002bScan the article again and write short answers to the quest

8、ions. What is Lin Weis job? 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? 3. What do adult pandas eat? A panda keeper.Milk.Bamboos.2c4. Why are pandas endangered? 5. What is one way of saving pandas? Less forest for pandas to live.Teaching children.Complete the sentences using words and phrases from

9、 the passage.The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas.keepersprepare2. Adult pandas do not have babies very _, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _.oftenillnesses2d4. A special program in Chengdu teaches

10、 _ about why pandas are _ and how to save them.endangered5. The _ is also helping to save the pandas. Its _ more trees to make more homes for the pandas.Chinese governmentnecessary to plant 3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places

11、to live.treeschildrenDiscussionDiscuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.2eImportant phrasesprepare for be awakerun overfall overtake care ofplay withones ownbe special to sb.every two yearsdie from illnessspend time doing sth.cut downan education programendangered anima

12、lsthe way toin the future1. At birth, a baby panda is aboutbirth v. 出生 at birth 出生時e.g. Mans natureat birthis good. 人之初，性本善。give birth to 生（孩子）；產(chǎn)生e.g. My auntgave birth toa beautiful baby girl yesterday. 昨天我嬸嬸生下一個漂亮的小女孩。Language points2. A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years.up to 到達（數(shù)量，程度等）；不多于e.g.

13、 In some area of Africa, children get educated up to 12 years old. 在非洲的一些地區(qū)，孩子最多受教 育到12歲。3. they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!run over 跑上前去over adv.穿越；從的一邊到另一邊e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didnt recognize her. 她跑過來打招呼，但我沒有認出她 來。walk int

14、o （走路時意外）撞上e.g. As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going, he walked straight into a tree. 由于他陷入深思，沒有注意看路，徑直撞到了一棵樹上。fall over 摔倒；倒下e.g. Dont run too fast, or you might fall over. 別跑的太快，要不你會摔跤的。fall over something 被某物絆倒e.g. Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth. Tommy被那只狗絆了一跤，磕斷了 門牙。4. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests.living in the remaining forests 是一個現(xiàn)在分詞短語，用做定語，修飾pandas。e.g. the girls